An Cabar with Kids - face-to-face with a hind

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An Cabar from Strathbran Lodge near Achanalt with Kids (9, 11, 17 yo.)

Stats:
Total distance - 9.3 km
Total time - 5h15m
Walking time - 2h40m
Altitude gain - 435 m
Terrain:
0.6 km - road
3.0 km - good forestry track
1.1 km - ATV track, boggy in many places
4.6 km - pathless, a mix of grass and short heather, boggy in some places

With small variations, we followed more or less in the footsteps of gld73 and Hills4dogs. Thanks for the reports .

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We parked up in the layby near Strathbran Lodge and walked about 300 m towards the lodge to the start of the forestry track.

Strathconon hills from the layby:

The start of the forestry track at A832 (the gate is padlocked):

We met two stalkers on the track :

The end of the plantation:

The end of the forestry track and the start of ATV track towards Loch na Curra (An Cabar in the back):

We continued on the ATV track (boggy in many places)...:

...to Loch na Curra:

Loch na Curra:

Remains of an old boat with Strathconon Corbett Sgùrr a' Mhuilinn (left top) behind:

From the loch we continued pathless towards Pt. 503 m. The ground was a mix of short heather and grass, easily walkable.
Looking at Loch Fannich (Munro Fionn Bheinn on the left):

From Pt 503 we headed further along the ridge to the top.

Loch Fannich and Munro An Coileachan:

Peat hag before the last ascent:

Conni on the top. Looking east - Munro Ben Wyvis, Corbett Little Wyvis, Loch Luichart and Sub2000 Sgùrr Marcasaidh in the back:

Conni on the top. Looking south - Strath Bran and Strathconon Corbett Sgùrr a' Mhuilinn:

Conni on the top. Looking west - Munro Fionn Bheinn, Corbett Beinn nan Ramh and Loch Fannich:

We spent about half an hour at the summit to have lunch and enjoy the views.

From the top of An Cabar we saw the end of the forestry track (red arrow), so we walked straight down to the track. The ground was a mix of grass and shorter heather, a bit boggy in many places:

Almost back on the track.
From here we retraced our steps back to the car:

On the way back, my daughter was surprised by a hind which crossed the track just a few meters in front of her :

Back at the A832. Kids love climbing the gates! :